That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones.

If God were alive today, He'd be an atheist.

That was what made them so hilarious and unafraid. That was the strength of the Nazis. [...] They understood God better than anyone. They knew how to make Him stay away.

What memories for mud to have.

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.